Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Gmst of Birmingham led at Station by Great Crowds of Hospitable People ? Birmingham, Oct. 26.?Great itongs greeted President Hard ts party at the station. The traveled ? flower stewn path tween children to the ho^el. lent Harding headed. a civic trade before speaking at Wood rjbw Wilson park at noon. The icheon was followed by the in ttion of Dr. Guy E. Snavely president, of the Birmingham Sontheim College, which conferred :iras to take part in laying the cor nerstone of the new Masonic tern pie. The party wiU attend the Birmingham semi-centennial pa geant early in the evening. Miners* Union Furnished Arms Washington, Oct. 26.?The offi cials of miners union in West Vir ginia'are charged by A. E. Hes ter, a former union organizer, wth living.helped arm the Logan coun ty marchers. He also'told the sen Iate committee that he knew of a standing order with the William son; Hardware company for the delivery of thirty-five rifles week ly: _ mid is Killed " By Automobile Spartanburg. Oct. 25.?Vivian Best, the nine-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Rost, was *uit over on the Glendale road near tKe Country Club by an automobile a?d lamost instantly killed. The girl had been attending the cooper ativeschool and was returning ?dmeL A truck is used to transport the children to and from their homes. The child got out of The truck and went around the end of it to go into her home. As she cleared the truck, a car driven by Buford Phillips, of 255 Brawley street, accompanied by Hermit Lindsay, 287 College street, passed j on the wrong side of the truck, it* is- said, and ran over the child, crushing her breast, breaking her i?bs and coHar bone. The young men stopped and took the child and her inofher to the new general hos pital, but she was dead before yfe&c&mg the hospital. Both young &en have been placed under ar rest. The inquest will be held to morrow "morning. Mr. Bost, father of the girl works in the postoffice here. ? Veterans Elect Officers ttanooga, Tenn., Oct. 26? Gen. Jalian .&*. Carr of Durham. X. C;. was elected commander-in-chief of the United Confederate Veter ans to succeed K. M. Van Zandt of Texas. * Richmond, Va,, was cho sen as the next reunion city at the closing session here tonight of the veteran's convention. The annual parade, the big event of the reunion, will be held tomor row. The annual parade, the big event of the reunion, will be held tomor row*. Commander Van Zadt delivered a ^rief valedictory to* the veterans. Richmond won the next reunion city .over Savannah, Nashville and Sulphur, Okla. The reunion went on record with a declaration that "these reunions would be continued from year to year so long as there are as many as four veterans left alive and able to travel to the reunion city and so long as the people of! southern cities see fit to invite them to come." The convention voted to accept Invitation to send representatives to the memorial exercises next year ?a* Point Pleasant, Ohio, in com memoration of the 100th anniver sary of the birth of General Grant. ? Resolutions adopted included one requesting national publishers of school books to use more articles written by Southern authors and another calling on the state of Ten nessee to observe the day of Sam Davis' execution as "Sam Davis Memorial day." I -Mrs. Arthus McDougal Wilson of Atlanta was reelected president of -the Southern Confederate Memo rial association here today. Other officers elected were: Mrs. Cl B. Bryan, Memphis, vice presi dent; Miss Sue Walker, Fayette vflle, Ark.; second vice president. Miss Daisy L. M. Hodgson, New Orleans"; recording secretary, Mrs. Bryan W. Collier, College Park, Ga.; corresponding secretary; Mrs. Bmmett Merry, treasurer; Miss i Mary HalL Augusta, Ga.. honorary historian general for life; Miss Mildred Rutherford, Athens. Ga.. active historian; Miss Belle Allen, Boss, Ga*. auditor. The association went on record as indorsing the plan outlined by a Virginia organization for the es tablishment of a national park on the battlefield of Manassas such as those at Gettysburg and Chicka mauga. Judge Edgar Scurry of Wichita Rails, Tex., was unanimously elect ed commander-ln-chief of the Sons of Confederate Veterans at the final session of the organization here today. Judge Scurry succeeds Nathan B. Forrest of Atlanta, sec retary of Lanier university. "Dr. W. C. Calloway of Wilming ton, N. C, was named commander Of the Army of Northern Virginia, after Gen. J. F. Tatem had declin ed to stand for reelection. Other officers elected were D. S. Etheridge of Chattanooga, com mander of the Department of the Army Tennessee; J. S. Davenport, of Oklahoma, commander of the Trans-Mississippi department: Ar thur H. Jennings of Lynchburg. Va.. historian. Confederate Me morial Service Feature of' Re-union Today Was Oration by Rev. B. A. Owen Chattanooga, Oct. 26.?The Con federate reunion was marked by a memorial" service, conducted by. United Confederate Veterans, the Confederate Southern Memorial As sociation, and Sons of Confederate Veterans. Rev. B. A. Owen, of Eagle Pass, Texas, delivered the oration. The services were pre I ceded by a business session. -? -?? ? + ? Armament Con ference May be Postponed Washington, Oct. 25.- -The post ponement of the opening meeting of the armament conference until November 12th is intimated as probable by high officials because of conflict with the program for Armistice day for the unknown soldiers* burial. ? 9 m Pupils to Compete in Safety Campaign Washington, D. C, Oct. 25.? Seeking to reduce the number of automobile .accidents, which take an annual toll of thousands of children's lives, the Highway and Highway Transport Education Committee is announcing a na tional " safety campaign among grammer school pupils and gram mer school teachers. The campaign takes* the form of two national^essay contests. One is among pupils of the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades and the other is among grammer school teachers, who are being invited to prepare lessons teaching children safe behavior* on the highways. "How I Can Make the Highways More Safe" is the subject on which children are,!asked to prepare es says. Four hundred fifty state prizes are-being offered through the com mittee by the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce in the hope that pupils will be stimulated to participate. The prizes have an aggregate value of $5,000 and are distributed among the states on a basis of elementary school enroll ment. Teachers are offered three national prizes, the first of which is $500 in cash and a trip to Wash ington. {The second and third prizes are $300 and $200 respec tively. An enthusiastic response from every section of the country has greeted the announcement. State, city and county superintendents of schools are lending the weight of their influence to the campaign I and bringing the contests to the at tention ofr-pupils and teachers un der their jurisdiction. Mothers dub, civic organizations, chambers of commerce, safety councils and "other organizations that are interested in the welfare of the children of the country are assisting the committee in the na Jional campaign which win culmi nate with the observance of "Na tional Safety Week" December 4 to 10. The contests close Saturday, December 10, when all essays and lessons are to be in the hands of the principals of schools. After December 1Q'the best essays and the best lessons from each com munity will be chosen by compe tent committees and then forward ed to the state committee to be des ignated by the state superintendent of schools, or other influential per sons. After the best essays and the best lessons have been chosen for various States' and territorial pos sessions, the state prizes in the pu pils contest Will be awarded and the manuscripts receiving state honors will then be forwarded to the committee in Washington. I. Arrangements are being made for distinguished educators to read the state essays and the state les sons and to choose therefrom the ones entitled to the national hon ors. Dr. John J/ Tigert, United States Commissioner of Education, who is chairman of the Highway and Highway Transport Education Committee, has written the state and city superintendents requesting assistance. In his letter. Dr. Tigert said: "In order to reduce the ap palling number of accidents on our streets and highways, I wish to call your attention to the safety od- j ucational program of the Highvay and Highway Transport Education Comittee.. If not inconsistent with your policies, I trust we may have your hearty cooperation." The committee, which has of fices in the Willard Building, it answering several of the inquiries daily from principals, teachers and pupils, who have signified their in tention of participating in the campaign. Loads. S. D.. Oct. 27.?Blood hounds have been brought here in i an effort to trace the man. whose i call on Father Belk nap early yes- i t*-rday. was followed by the shoot- i ing of the priest. Newport News. Oct. 27.?The' battleship West Virginia will be ! launched November lDth. Miss1 Alice Mann, daughter of Isaac T. Mann, of Bramwell, will be the j sponsor. 9 ? ? Newport News, Oct. 2f>.?All ex-[ cept two of the crew of thirty-six | of the fishing smack which foun- ! dered off Bug Light have been ac- j counted for. j New York, Oct. 26.?Belief that j the loot in the Monday night mail truck robbery would exceed one j million dollars is indicated by pos tal authorities. The only collar that sails the free American is the one the laun- j dry has tried to convert into a saw. First News From Tampa Atlantic Coast Line Conductor Says Tidal Wave Hit the City j Jacksonville, F.a., Oct. 2G.? \ W. A. Kelsey, conductor of the first J Atlantic Coast Line train arriving j from Tampa, said he was in Port j Tampa yesterday when the full ef feet of the storm began to be felt. He described the rise in the tide as a tidal wave of two to ten feet, the water qaickly covering most of Port Tampa City, many houses be ing unroofed and destroyed by the wind. Railroad and phosphate terminals, and elevators were heav ily damaged. Tampa is without electric power. ? *? ? Cotton Gin ners' Report More Than Four-Fifths of Crop is Already in Sight Washington, Oct. 25.?Cotton of this year's growth ginned prior to October 18 amounted to 5,477,397 bales, exclusive of linters, compar ed with 5,754,5S2 bales last year and 4.929,104 bales in 1909 to that date, the census bureau announced today. Round bales included numbered 99,371, compared with 140,099 last year; American-Egyptian includ ed numbered 7,498 bales, compar ed with 14,312 last year, and sea island included numbered 1,204 bales compared with 334 last year. The ginning report included a paragraph stating: "The department of agriculture on October 3, 1921, estimated that the condition of the cotton crop on September 25 was 42.2 per cent of a normal, the lowest condition ever reported, which forecasts a to tal production of about 6,537.000 bales of 500 pounds gross. Reports indicate that a large proportion of the crop has been ginned." The heaviest ginning on record, prior to this year, was that of 1916 when 7,303,183 bales, or 64.3 per cent, of the crop, were ginned prior to October 18. The nexc largest ginning to that date was in 1918 when 6.Sil,351 bales, or 57.2 per cent, of the crop were ginned. Ginnings by states follow: Ala bama, 426,152; Arizona, S.567; Arkansas, 449,484; California, 4, 012; Florida, 8,127; Georgia, 637. 129; Louisiana, 195,115; Mississip pi, 512,007; Missouri. 40.333; North Carolina, 444,964; Oklahoma, 347, 146; South Carolina. 494,261: Ten nessee, 15S.660; Texas. 1.740.7G6; Virginia, 7,505; all other states, 3, 079. Concerning the cotton situation. Secretary Wallace of the depart ment of agriculture,, said today: "The cotton ginned to October 18, as shown by the census report,, namely, 5,447.397 bales, running weight, is 83.8 per cent, of the October 3 forecast of total pro duction by the department of ag riculture, which was 6,537,000 bales of 500 pounds weight. "So far as our records go, the highest percentage of cotton gin ned to October 18 was 46.3 per cent, in the year 1916, when the crop was a small one. The small est percentage ginned up to Oc tober 18 was 37.7 per cent in 1903. "Our people in the department who are qualified to judge of such matters, say that there can be no reasonable doubt that this year's cotton crop is more largely gin ned to date than ever before. In the first place, the crop is a very small one and under such condi tions the percentage ginned to date would naturally be large. In the second place, the season has been unusually forward and re ports from practically all sections of the cotton belt indicate that picking has been practically com pleted. In Texas both picking and ginning is much further advanced than usual and about completed except in the northwest corner of the state. In North Carolina rapid progress in picking has been made. In Alabama picking is finished in most southern and central sections and is elsewhere well advanced, with ginning progressing rapidly. In Mississippi picking and ginning has made rapid progress. In Ark- i ansas the cotton is all picked in some localities and three-fourths \ picked in other localities. In Okla homa picking is reported as having J progressed rapidly."* Washington, Oct. 25.?Senator' Harris (Democrat) of George is- j sued a statement today commend- j ing Secretary Wallace and the di rector of the census for their ser vices in connection with the cot-! ton ginning report. "Those officials," the senator i said, "have saved the farmer and other people of the south millions j of dollars by the report today. Or- j dinarily the ginning report at this! date shows that about half the cotton crop in the south has been ginned. Those of us in touch with conditions know that at least four fifths of it has been ginned at this time. If the ginners' report had been sent out without a statement from the department of agricul- j ture. the bears, would have depress ed the price of cotton several cents a pound and That would have ! cost the people in my section many millions of dollars." Brewers Can Begin Brewing; _ i ????? Permits to Make Medicinal; Beer Will Be Issued Promptly Washington. Oct. 26.?Th^ Issu ance of permits to brewers for th?> manufacture of medic?) 1 beer, un- 1 dor the new treasury regulation, will proceed promptly, said inter-j rial Revenue Commissioner Rlair ] today. Less Lumber Cut Last Year Reduction in 1920 Was 2.2 ? Percent of Previous Year's Record Washington, Oct. 24.?The lum ber cut of the United States in 1920 was 33,798,800,000 feet, which i is 2.2 per cent less than in 1919, and 27 per cent loss than the peak in 1907. The average price of lumber at the mill increased to ?3S.42 per thousand, which is a raise of ICO j per cent since 1910. The aggre-j gate value of the cut is $1,299, JOO.000. These are the highest annual valuations ever recorded, but do not indicate present condi tions. They merely reflect the ex tremely high peak in the post-war I lumber prices which was passed in the first quarter of 1920. These arc the principal statis tics obtained by the forest service, United States department of agri culture, in its 1920 canvass of American sawmills. They are bas ed upon reports from 15,978 active mills out of 23,243 estimated to! have been in operation. Several J thousand mills cutting less than 50,000 feet were not tabulated, though allowance was made for their cut. Comparisons with 1919 are published by permission of the bureau of the census, United States department of commerce. The tables show that the states which increased their cut are all in the Pacific Coast group and the Rocky Mountains. Washington is first, as usual. Oregon attains sec ond place for the first time, dis placing Louisiana from a position held for 15 years, while California takes rank among the first five, dis placing another southern yellow | pine state. In 1920 the Pacific and Rocky mountain groups of states, com bined, produced 35.G per cent of the cut. The eight states of the southern pine group produced 3 4 per cent, while all of the rest of the United States produced 34.4 per cent. The combined production of Douglas fir and western yellow pine, which in 1919 was less than 60 per cent of the amount of southern yellow pine cut, in 1920 became 83 per cent. This rela tive increase in the western species I arises in part from the decrease in southern pine production, which amounted to 15 per cent. The con ditions reported by southern oper ators, arising directly or indirectly from the world war, were so ad verse that the southern pine may 1 be expected to recover part of the lost grounr1 during the next few years. But the indications of the statistics are that the supremacy in lumber production held by the southern pine states has passed the zenith and is moving to the west. Union Leaders Expect Legal Battle Effort Made to Retain Walter ' D. Hines as Legal Adviser Cleveland, Ohio. Oct. 25.?That the "Big Five" railroad transpor tation organization chiefs are ex pecting a legal battle when they appear before the United States railroad labor hoard tomorrow in Chicago, was indicated today when | they sought to retain Walker D. j I Hines. former director general of railroads, to handle legal phases which might develop. Mr. Hines informed the brotherhood execu tives that he "was not in a position" to represent them and returned to New York tonight. Mr. Hines declined to make any general comment on tbe situations, or to discuss any specific points. Unless the railroad board has changed its attitude concerning the necessity of general chairmen of the five labor organizations ap pearing at the Chicago meet ins:, it is anticipated that one of the first legal squabbles to be decided will be on the action of Warren S. Stone, j president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, in notifying his general chairmen they need i not answer the labor board's cita-j tion. Mr. Stone announced to night that only himself and six grand officers, in whom the author ity of the organization is vested, will attend the conference. Referring to conflicting reports! in telegrams exchanged between ! Chairman R. M. Barton of the rail- j road labor board and President i Stone, regarding the necessity of general chairmen of the brother hoods being required to attend the I hearings, Mr. Stone said tonight: ! "My chairmen are scattered all I over the country from Maim* to California, and it would be impos- : sible for me to get them to Chica- j go in time for the opening of the I hearings." Other brotherhood chiefs would i not indicate whether their general i chairmen would be present except ing W. G. Lee. president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, \ who has ordered the approximately j 200 general chairmen and grand ? officers of his organization to b<> present. | In a statement issued today W. S. j Carter, president of the Brother hood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemcn. said: "The men are: determined to peacefully leave tin service of the railroads until a sat isfactory adjustment has been reached." The five chiefs held two con ferences today and discussed final] plans for their appearance before; board and left late tonight for Chicago. -? ? <? Mail Clerk Murdered ! Bandit Robbed Ferry Post Office at San Francisco San Francisco. Oct. 20.? Frank Adams, a mail clerk, was shot and killed by a masked bandit in the ! terry postOffice, who escaped with : a sack of registered mail. Hurricane Sweeps Across Florida Tampa Inundated by High Tides?No Estimate of Damage .Jacksonville. Oct. 26.?The gulf hurricane having crossed the pen insular last night the cities in its path are seeking to determine the damage they sustained. Wire com munication in the south is down except on the east coast. Parts of Tampa are reported inundated by high tides. Storm at Tampa Jacksonville, Oct. 25.?The busi ness section of Tampa is practical ly flooded under three feet of wa ter as a result of the Gulf storm, according to advices reaching here over crippled transmission lines. Xo loss of life has been reported but industry is at a standstill. The entire west coast of the Florida peninsula is feeling the effects of the storm and is virtually isolated insofar as communication is con cerned. Tampa is without lights, tele graph, telephone or street car ser vice, according to advices received here by way of Plant City, about 30 miles northeast of Tampa. Heavy rains are reported falling over the entire state. Forty miles inland from Tampa in the section around Lakeland and Plant City the truck crops have suffered se rious damage. The highways are virtually impassable because of fallen trees,- but so far as known Lhe railroad service has not been seriously inconvenienced. Officials of the Atlantic Coast Line railroad ivith division headquarters at Lake land report interruption of service south of Tampa with water three feet over the tracks between Punta Uorda and Boca Grande. The floods in Tampa are de scribed as extending from the bay more seawall to the heart of the business section, a distance of *bout a mile. Fashionable resi liences along the bay shore drive were reported badly damaged from the high water. A gale of 56 miles an hour was reported in that 5ity. At Plant City the rainfall for ihe 48 hours registered 4:26 inches ivith a wind of 35 miles an hour. Railroad officials reported they vvere unable to communicate with my intermediate stations between Plant City and Tampa. A number A cattle are reported drowned. Three Known Deaths at Tampa Orlando. Oct. 26.?Three known leaths resulted from the storm, says the Tampa Tribune, which is printed today at Plant City. The j Tampa Times building was unroof- j :d last night. ?*> >0 ? Dr. Frazer to Speak j Spartanburg Pastor on Sun-j day School Program ? Spart?nburg, Oct. 25.?The Rev. John W. Frazer, D. D., pastor of Central Methodist Church of this lity, has accepted an invitation to tddress the School of Methods to t>e held at Sumter on October 28, UK 30, under the auspices of the South Carolina Sunday School As sociation. Dr. S. H. Edmunds of the Pres byterian church is dean of the school. Mrs. S. X. Burts, chairman of :he children's division of the South Carolina Sunday School Associa :ion. and Leon C. P timer, general superintendent, are on the pro gram. The climax of the three-day school will be on Sunday after Toon. with a mass meeting for men (in cooperation with the Sumter Men's Bible ("lass Federation) ad iressed by Governor R. A. Coop er, in the Presbyterian church; a mass meeting for women ad dressed by Dr. M. A. Honline at. Jrs.ro Baptist church; a young peo ples' rally addressed by Marshal vY'oodson at the Episcopal church; ind a children's story-hour at the Christian church, in charge of Mrs. 5. X. Burts. Waiting on Death or Pardon Orangeburg Negro Scheduled For Electric Chair Friday Columbia. Oct. 26.?An electro cution is scheduled to take place this week, but whether it takes place or not remains to be seen, rhe man scheduled to die, as the j law provides, having been duly j convicted by a jury of his fellows, j is Abraham Williams, a negro of; Orangeburg, who was convicted of assault with intent to ravish on a 15-year-old white girl. It is stated it the state penitentiary that all is' in readiness for the execution. A petition in the negro's behalf was filed some weeks ago with the Erovcrnor. If asks that the sentence be commuted t<> life imprisonment. It is signed by the trial judge and nine of the juniors. As yet the gov ernor has taken no action on the pet ition. Williams is in the death house, in [he cell next door to S. J. Kirby. ? ? <? Increase in Wages I York. Oct. 24.?Cannon Mills, employing approximately 400 op eratives, announced a 10 per cent increase in wages, effective this morning. Aragon and Arcade Mills, in Rock Hill. York county, have increased wages 15 per cent, while Blue Buckle Mills, at Rock Hill, have announced a per cent increase. Lots of men have a thirst for knowledge of when: to stop a thirst. Recall Election in N. Dakota Independent Voters Opposed to the Governor, Attorney General and Commission er of Agriculture Bismarck. N. D.. Oct. 25.?One of the most intense campaigns for state offices waged in any state will come to an end in North Da kota, October 28 with the casting and counting of ballots in its now famous recall election. The three men that the Independent Voters Association attempt to recall form the North Dakota Industrial Com mission and it is for the handling of state finances as officers in this body, rather than for individual acts as governor, attorney general and commissioner of agriculture and labor, that the recall petition has been set in motion. At the same time the recall ballots are cast, voters of the state will be asked to pass upon six measures it is proposed to write upon the stat ute books of the state at this time through the approval of the voters and also to decide if they desire to accept or reject, three amendments to the state constitution. The recall petition proper, asks the removal from office of Lynn J. Frazier, governor; William Lemke, attorney general and John N. Ha gan, commissioner of agriculture and labor. The candidates to fill these positions, if vacated, are R. A. Neston of Euxton, for govern or; Sveinbjorn Johnson of Grand Forks for attorney general and Jo seph A. Kitchin of Sentinel Butte for commissinoer of agriculture and labor. Mr. Frazier and Mr. Hagan have held office for six years each while Mr. Lemke took office at the beginning of the present year. Their present terms expire with the end of 1922 and if any are deposed the candidate taking the vacant place will fill out this term. While the battle for these indi vidual places is bitter, so bitter it has passed the stage of argument, an intensive fight of the campaign has been waged over the initiated measures and the constitutional amendments. The initiated meas ures, if parsed, will end what is known in the nomenclature of this state as the "Non-Partizan League Program." The principal item of the initiated measures is j the dissolution of the Bank of North Dakota, the taking over of its farm loan business by a Rural Credits Association based in part upon the similar organization now functioning in South Dakota, to change certain financial conditions within the state and to provide, by means of two election laws, for separate ballots for candidates for co'..:-.y, state and federal office. The three constitutional amend ments provide for a constitutional debt limit and the creating of a sinking fund for the payment of bonds, and a real estate basis for said bonds, for increase in the pay of the members of the state legisla ture and of the combination of the ' office of judge and county clerk in counties of less than 8,000 popula tion. * While the North Dakota law pro vides that every voter shall receive a publicity phamplet, setting forth in full the measures it is propos ed to initiate.( the same pamphlet presenting the arguments of each side at so much per page, the rival factions have not been content with this method of reaching the voters alone, and candidates and state officials have been in the field in regular old fashioned po litical meetings for more than a month. Before the votes are counted, many men from out side of the state will take part in the contest. The Non-Partizan Leaguers have arranged for help from Gut zon Borglum and C. C. Daniels of New York city, the latter a brother of Josephus Daniels, former Secre tary of the Navy; Senator E. F. Ladd of North Dakota; Glen Plumb and William H. Harvey. Mr. Harvey spent almost a month in the state, making addresses upon financial subjects. The Independent Voters' Associ ation have announced dates for Governor J- A. O. Preus of Min nesota and will have the assistance of former Senator A. J. Gronna, Thomas Hall, present secretary of State. Congressman George M. Young and O. B. Burness and a number of former stnte officials. The Best Christmas Gift. Can you remember that Christ mas when you first received The Youth's Companion among your Christmas presents? You can per haps recall the titles of some of the serial stories in those early numbers, and you can well remem ber how everyone in the family wanted to read your paper. Today The Companion makes the ideal Christmas present. 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Former Emperor Attempts Suicide Charles Tried to Shoot Him self When Arrested by Gov ernment Troops Budapest, Oct. 25.?Former Em peror Charles, whose attempt to refrain the Magyar throne collaps ed yesterday, attempted to shoot himself after his arrest near Ko morn, but former Empress Zita prevented him. The two are held in the Esterhazy castle at Tata Tovaros. Thomas Hopler, the Brit ish high commissioner in Hungary, is hurrying there with represen tatives of other nations to insure the prisoners' safety. The advisability of interning Charles in the Abbey of Tihany un til the allies determine his fate is being discussed by the government. Charles of Austria in Prison Again Budapest. Oct. 24.?Ex-Emperor Charles and Ex-Empress Zita were captured today near Komorn and are now confined in the castle at Tata Tovaros guarded by two com panies of government troops. Col. Oesenburg's troops covering the retreat of the former rulers, were forced to surrender, and are prisoners. The monarchist troops, who were attempting to open the way for the entry of ex-King Charles to the Hungarian capital, were defeated this morning in hand-to-hand fighting, in which grenades were used, near Tata Tovaros. about thirty-five miles from Budapest. They lo3t 200 killed and about 1. 000 wounded. The former king sent another plenipotentiary to Admiral Horthy, the regent today, and discussions lasting several hours were carried on, but with little hope of agree ment as both parties were obsti nate and bloodshed has aggravated the situation. The Karlist Premier Rakovisky has issued a proclamation to the nation to rally to the king's ban ner and fight against "the un grateful rebel, Plorthy." Unconditional Surrender. Vienna, Oct. 24.?The Hungarian government demands the uncondi tional surrender of Charles, a court-martial of his military ad visors, prosecution of his political advisors and the disarming of his troops, who will be granted amnesty, according to dispatches reaching here. The government also is resolved upon the abdication and internment of Charles pending arrangements by the powers for his deportation. School Statistics. Columbia, Oct. 25.?Statistics for the scholastic year 1920-21 are j now being compiled in the office of State Superintendent of Education. These figures afford a reliable in dex to school problems and school progress. The emphasis that has been placed on high schools and rural i graded schools during recer.., years is beginning to result in better graduation and promotion of pu pils. A study of these two groups of schools during 1919-20 and 1920-21 will help to indicate the needs and tendencies of the public i schools of your county. Note carefully the . thin upper grades. Observe also the heavy elimination during the fifth grade. J. E. SWEARING EN, State Superintendent of Educa tion. The statistics for Sumter county follow: Enrollment by grades in high schools and rural graded schools. High Schools July 1, 1919 July 1. 1920 June 30. 1920 June 30. 1921 No. schools Participating _ 3 4 First Grade 664 614 Second grade .280 321 Third grade 314 321 Fourth grade . 269 276 Fifth grade 282 262 Sixth grade 209 225 Seventh grade. 216 206 Eighth grade . 187 205 Ninth grade 157 150 Tenth grade 110 139 Eleventh grade 66 80 2754 2799 Rural Graded Schools. July 1. 1919 July 1, 1920 June 30, 1920 June 30, 1921 No. schools Participating .10 12 First grade .. 205 198 Second grade . 10S $. 106 Third grade _. 107 115 Fourth grade.. 91 91 Fifth grade .. 99 98 Sixth grade ..70 97 Seventh grade 73 71 Eighth grade .44 53 Ninth grade ..32 34 Tenth grade .. 23 27 Eleventh grade ? ? 852 S90 - ? ? ? j Reducing The Purebred Business to I a Pork Production Bassi. Clemson College. Oct. 23.?For the past two years the production and distribution of purebred swine in this state has been on an extra vagrant and wasteful basis thinks Prof. L. V. Starkey. chief of the Animal Husbandry Division. This is because we have bought the hogs from outside the state, we have ! fed our Imrds in dry lots, and have I purchased the feeds. Now is a ? splendid time for us to get down to ; business and produce our purebreds j on a pork basis. We must grow i our own feeds, we must cull out at j least 00 percent of our gilts and 90 , percent of our boars and send them ? to the block. When we get on a ! pork basis we will not lose money. By close culling we will raise the ! standard of our purebred stock and I thus render a great service to the livestock business. When strikes comes in the door \ prosperity flies out the window. Railroad Appeals to Governor Cooper President of Seaboard Asks For Protection of Life and Property Columbia. Oct. 25.?Calling on Governor Cooper and the law en forcement machinery of the state to protect not only life and property, but also "train crev.s and those willing to enlist in the service from every manner of unlawful in terference in the discharge of their duties," in case of a general rail road strike, S. Davis Warfieid, president of the Seaboard Air Line Railway has addressed a letter to Governor Cooper in the interest of his road. Copies of the letter have been sent to commercial or ganizations and leading citizens in many parts of the state, with a view to soliciting general coopera tion in the effort to maintain rail road service. Mr. Warfieid tells the governor that Iris road will endeavor to op erate trains, as far as possible, even if the strike takes place. "I respectfully request that as the chief executive of South Caro lina, you will put in motion every process within your jurisdiction*" writes President Warfieid?' "to make it plain that the efforts of the railroads to operate their trains with safety and with orderly ef ficiency, within and through the commonwealth you represent will be sustained." The Seaboard's chief expresses the necessity for public prcteciton if trains are to operate during a strike. 'We cannot furnish trans portation so indispensible to indus try .at this time: nor can we expect our loyal employes to continue the public service in which they have enlisted, nor can others be asked to -enlist who might be willing to stand by in this emergency, unless we are to assume that your excel lency and the public authorities in the state will not only take the steps necessary to sustain order and protect life and property, but alsr> that you and the public will up hold our efforts." Thus writes Mr. Warfieid to Gov. Cooper. In speaking of the letter today Governor Cooper stated that he had already expressed himself on this, subject; that he proposed to io all Jie could to see that trains are run, in case of a general walk out. HagoodNews and Views Ginnery and Forty ; Bales of Cotton Burned Rembert. Oct. 24.?-I*ast Satur ?ay, October 22, the ginnery of Thomas B. Wright, a worthy- color ed Citizen of our community, while n operation, caught on fire from matches, it appears, in th-s cotton.^ ;he fire starting in the double pressjjj md not only destroyed two large^ buildings but besides a lot of ma- * minery and farm implements, ^a lot . seed and forty odd bales of cot ion, thir> year's crop. It would be i heavy blow, at any time but just iow it is doubly so. I understand ;here was some insurance on the ginnery. It is hoped this is true. Mr. Arant, the Methodist pr^ach jr here is preaching some earnest, searching sermons. The fourth quarterly conference ot McLeod's and Bethesada eon /cnes at McLeod's Saturday a. m* 11 o'clock, Oct. 29 and 30. There will be a hot supper at Rembert Academy for the benefit )f the Methodist parsonage or the light of Tuesdr.y. November l?th. The public is cordially invited.' "iiagood" -? ? + Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving Gov. Cooper Issues Armistice Day Proclamation Columbia. Oct. 26.?A call upon the people of the state to unite in ' prayer to God on November 11. "Armistice Day." in thanksgiving Tor the victory of right in the world war, and in prayer for permanent peace among the nations, is. made by Governor Cooper in a proclama tion issued today. The governor rails on the ministers of the state to open the churches and upon the business houses and schools to pause for a period from work and to assemble in places of worship and unite in services of prayer and thanksgiving "in commemoration of this momenous day in the his tory of the world." ? ? m Suspend Lum ber Rates Washington. Oct. 24.?Increases in freight rates on lumber over the Atlantic Coast Line from produc ing points in the Carolinas to Newport News, Va.. were suspend ed today by the Interstate Com merce Commission. The road pro posed to increase the rates by ID per cent, on October 25 and the commission held the schedule back until February 22 pending an investigation as to their reasonabil ity. _ Wife Killer on Trial Richmond. Oct. 25.?Dr. Wil marth Amos Handley went to trial today in the Henrico county circuit court charged with the murder of his wife, whose body was found in the James river December 30th, 1918. Killed by Motorcycle. Anderson. Oct. 24.?J. L. El lis, local bicycle dealer, was killed Saturday afternoon near Orr mill, when the motorcycle on which he was riding struck the rear of a Ford car driven by Ben Black, a negro, throwing Ellis to the ground beneath the motorcycle, and in flicting internal injuries from which be died in a few minutes.